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AdventureSheepies t1_iwv6k8x wrote

I once went to a "Vermont Pancake House" in NJ. If you wanted real maple syrup, you had to pay extra. Blasphemy.

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skiitifyoucan t1_iwvblve wrote

honestly I have had this experience in VT, seems to have shifted over the years to using the real stuff by default.

The worst offense I've seen is fake crap put into a real maple syrup container and being served in a restaurant in VT...

Then there are the restaurants out of state calling the fake "maple syrup" ; they just don't know any better.

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random_vermonter t1_iwviku3 wrote

I know that eating at Denny's in the past, you could request Vermont maple syrup. Not sure if this is still the case. I refuse to use any syrup that isn't pure Vermont maple syrup!

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Loudergood t1_iwxgepw wrote

IHOP had to add it to the menu when they opened here...

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Abbot_of_Cucany t1_iwxxxcu wrote

That's because their menus nationwide used the word "maple", and in Vermont you can only make that claim if it's real. If they had said "pancake syrup" they could have continued to serve the fake stuff.

IHOP decided it was cheaper for them to serve real maple syrup than it would be to print two different menus, one for Vermont and the other for the rest of the US.

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selecta79 t1_iwwuuds wrote

I’m impressed they even had it…haha

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